[Negi] Hatsune Miku's Item?

Outside Japan, the favorite item of Miku (character item) is recognized to be a "leek" (リーキ, 西洋ネギ, ニラネギ). However, in Japan, it is a spring onion or a scallion (葱, ネギ, negi). This misunderstanding continues currently due to the "Loituma Girl" which is the cause of the setting of the "negi" enthusiast of Miku. In Japan, it is recognized that the leek is a different plant from the spring onion although they resemble each other.

"Loituma Girl"

About the Spring Onion (or Scallion)

A scallion, (also known as a spring onion, salad onion, onion sticks or green onion in many countries) is an edible plant the genus Allium. The upper green portion is hollow. It lacks a fully developed root bulb. Harvested for their taste, they are milder than most onions. They may be cooked or used raw, as a part of salads or Asian recipes. Diced scallions are used in soup, noodle and seafood dishes. To make many Eastern sauces, the bottom quarter-inch of scallions are commonly removed before use.

The species most commonly associated with the name is the Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum. "Scallion" is sometimes used for Allium ascalonicum, better known as the shallot. The words scallion and shallot are related and can be traced back to the Greek askolonion as described by the Greek writer Theophrastus; this name, in turn, seems to originate from the Philistine town of Ascalon (modern-day Ashkelon in Israel). The shallots themselves apparently came from farther east.

Varieties

White Lisbon (Allium cepa)

White Lisbon

White Lisbon Winter Hardy (Allium cepa)- an extra-hardy variety for overwintering.

White Lisbon Winter Hardy

Parade (Allium fistulosum)

Parade

Performer (Allium fistulosum) Lawrence Daniels

Performer


Uses

The scallion is an ingredient in Jamaican cuisine, in combination with thyme, scotch bonnet pepper, garlic and allspice (called pimenta). Recipes with scallion sometimes suggest leek as a substitute in salads. Jamaican dried spice mixtures using escallion are available commercially. Fresh scallion is rare and expensive outside Jamaica.




The Welsh onion is widely used in cooking. It is a ingredient in Asian cuisine, especially in East and Southeast Asia. It is used in Russia in the spring for adding green leaves to salads. In Japan it is used in miso soup, negimaki (beef and scallion rolls) and in the takoyaki dumpling dish, among others. In Vietnam, Welsh onion is important to cook dưa hành (a kind of kimchi) served for Tết festival. A kind of sauce- mỡ hành (Welsh onion fried in oil) is used in some dished such as cơm tấm, bánh ít, cà tím nướng and others. Welsh onion is the only ingredient in the dish cháo hành (a dish for treat the common cold). It is grown in a bunch as an ornamental plant.